Not Posting to Facebook News
Recently I decided to abstain from Social Media by posting less there and starting a newsletter instead. I had quite a few friends and family sign-up, and the first edition can be read here. You…
Designing Products, Experiences, and Marketing
Sharon Public Library (Portfolio Piece)
During my Information Architecture coursework at Kent State, we were tasked with updating a public library website. The Sharon (Massachusetts) Public Library website currently resembles many other public library sites that have not been modernized due to limited funding, and our goal was the make the site more user friendly through the information architecture of the site, i.e. organization, labeling, search, and navigation.
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If you’re like me and feel like there’s too much to learn, to catch up on, to know, so that we can be an ally for marginalized communities and ideas – then I’m going to…
Happy Star Wars Day!
This was taken during the COVID lockdown when fun was uncommon and fear ran rampant throughout the galaxy.
PapaJohn’s Usability Study (Portfolio Piece)
For: Kent State University, UX Masters Program Role: Student, UX Lead When: Spring 2020 Summary In this hypothetical scenario, PapaJohn’s has hired our design team to research the usability of their desktop ordering interface. Skills…
The Disney+ Launch Experience is Too Basic for 2020
I, along with about 10 million of my friends, logged in to Disney+ for the first time yesterday. Excited both by the shiny new app, and also by one of the most beloved collections of…
10 Ft Interface, Streaming Media (Portfolio Piece)
In this academic scenario I was asked to design a streaming media services interface, aka a 10 Ft Interface. The client asked for two sample views that demonstrated how the Interface Design and remote control design would optimize usability.
My UXD Principles and Concepts Notes – Week 7
Our final week of Module 3: Visual Design and the final week of this course had us studying Aesthetics. We began the week with an overview of a variety of design principles like color, layers,…
Productivity App – Reminder X (Portfolio Piece)
My first end to end UX design project was to focused on a productivity app for to-dos and reminders. The project included user interviews, workflows, wireframes, and an interactive prototype.
My UXD Principles and Concepts Notes – Week 6
Week 6 has been focused on typography. I’ve never been as consciously uncertain about every text formatting decision I’ve made as I was this week. Starting to learn about how text should be used, while…